Michael Stanley, a 49-year-old U.S. citizen, was charged Monday with first-degree burglary with sexual motivation and second-degree rape in connection with an attack on a 69-year-old woman for whom he had done landscaping work last year.

The state Senate approved a $15 billion transportation package Monday shortly after Lt. Gov. Brad Owen said he wouldn’t enforce a recent state Senate rule requiring a two-thirds majority vote on the tax provisions.

How many of you got caught-up in that mess on I-90 over the weekend? It was caused by a complete closure of the eastbound lanes for a major construction project.
The state has evaluated how this closure went.

Stephen Mylett, a veteran law-enforcement official from Texas, has been named Bellevue’s new police chief, subject to a site visit and background check. The 51-year-old is currently police chief in Southlake, Texas, a small, affluent suburb in . . .

Fusion Ultra Lounge, located at 722 N.E. 45th St. in the University District, is the subject of requests from city officials that the state suspend the bar’s liquor license. Four people have been shot at the bar in the past two months. (Joshua . . .